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Thousands evacuated as monsoon rain floods Pakistan villages - New York Daily News Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:00:30 GMT

New York Daily News

Thousands evacuated as monsoon rain floods Pakistan villages
New York Daily News
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani troops used helicopters and boats to evacuate thousands of marooned people from the country's plains where raging monsoon floods inundated more villages Thursday, as the Indian military dropped food for hundreds of thousands ...
Pakistan floods: Thousands flee after dyke breachedBBC News
Scale of Flooding Hinders Relief Efforts in India and PakistanNew York Times
Flooding in Pakistan and IndiaABC News
Washington Post (blog) -Yahoo News -TIME
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Major River Overflows, Threatening Pakistan City - ABC News Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:25:56 GMT

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Major River Overflows, Threatening Pakistan City
ABC News
Raging monsoon floods across India and Pakistan that have killed more than 450 people poured into the plains of eastern Punjab province on Wednesday, sending a major river over its banks and threatening to force hundreds of thousands from their homes.
Anger grows amid flood disaster in Kashmir and PakistanBBC News
Death Toll Rises, More Villages FloodThe Weather Channel
Pakistan rushes to protect more cities from floodsYahoo!7 News
Deutsche Welle -Sky News Australia -gulfnews.com
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Activists Worry Pakistan's Blasphemy Law Is Being Abused - NPR Thu, 11 Sep 2014 08:58:50 GMT

Activists Worry Pakistan's Blasphemy Law Is Being Abused
NPR
People in Pakistan are accustomed to being cautious about what they say. Islamist extremists tend to kill people whose views upset them. People have to watch out for the country's intelligence agencies, too, and there's one subject Pakistanis are ...


Floods in India and Pakistan - The Economist (blog) Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:24:57 GMT

The Economist (blog)

Floods in India and Pakistan
The Economist (blog)
THREE factors regularly conspire to bring tragedy to north India and Pakistan, often at this time of year. The Himalayan mountain range is young, steep and unstable: landslides and flash floods are all too common. The summer monsoon reliably delivers ...


Demystifying India's Volte-Face on Pakistan - The Diplomat Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:58:25 GMT

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Demystifying India's Volte-Face on Pakistan
The Diplomat
India's new government has sprung two back-to-back surprises on Pakistan: the first was inviting Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi; the second was the about-face on foreign secretary level talks ...

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Pakistan Airstrikes Hit Taliban Hideouts, Kill 65 - ABC News Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:11:53 GMT

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Pakistan Airstrikes Hit Taliban Hideouts, Kill 65
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Pakistan is a key ally of the United States in the war on terror, and local Taliban in a bid to overthrow the government and install their own harsh brand of Islamic law often target the country's security forces, killing tens of thousands of ...
Pakistan navy repels militant attack at Karachi dockyardBBC News
Pakistan Navy Foils Terrorist Attack on Naval BaseDefenseNews.com

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Pakistan Leader's Predicament Shows Power of 'Deep State' - Wall Street Journal Wed, 10 Sep 2014 07:09:46 GMT

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Pakistan Leader's Predicament Shows Power of 'Deep State'
Wall Street Journal
ISLAMABAD—After winning elections by a landslide last year, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quickly moved to emulate another budding Muslim democracy, Turkey, in neutering the army's political might. Now Mr. Sharif is finding out the hard way ...
Pakistan and respect for the rule of law do not get alonggulfnews.com
Imran Khan Seeks Explanation About Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's Overseas ...NDTV
Protests in Pakistan demand end to corruptionWaging Nonviolence
Tufts Daily -Pakistan Today -DAWN.com
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'Aalishan Pakistan' goes to India - DAWN.com Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:58:25 GMT

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'Aalishan Pakistan' goes to India
DAWN.com
The four-day exhibition named 'Aalishan Pakistan', starting from today (Thursday), would allow exhibitors to showcase their products in 320 stalls ranging from garments to textiles, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir told a news conference here on ...
Delhi: Exhibition by Pakistan faces protest at Pragati MaidanIBNLive
'Aalishan Pakistan' kicks off; Mahesh Bhatt gives it a thumbs upIndian Express
Aalishan Pakistan arrives in IndiaThe Express Tribune
Livemint -The Hindu
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Pakistan Lahore mosque collapse death toll rises to 24 - BBC News Wed, 10 Sep 2014 07:10:52 GMT

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Pakistan Lahore mosque collapse death toll rises to 24
BBC News
Emergency teams in the Pakistani city of Lahore say they have now recovered 24 bodies from rubble at a mosque a day after its roof collapsed. At least seven others were rescued from the building, and rescuers are still searching debris. The disaster in ...
Pakistan toll rises after mosque collapseAljazeera.com
Pakistan: 24 Killed When Mosque Roof CollapsesNew York Times

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Population, not politics, threatens Pakistan - Financial Times Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:58:21 GMT

Population, not politics, threatens Pakistan
Financial Times
While the politicians fight each other in Islamabad for control of Pakistan, they make no mention in their fiery speeches of the real crisis likely to stunt prosperity for generations. According to economists and demographers, the explosion that ...